Process of applying designs to alpha surface



Aug. 9 1927. 1,638,364

L. s. ROSENER PROCESS OF APPLYING DESIGNS Tb A SURFACE Filed May 12. 1926 (Ell/VD S. FUSE/VET? I HIS ATTOe/VEY Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LELAND S. ROSENER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PARAFFINE COMPANIES, INC., OF SAN FRANCISCO,

WARE.

Application filed May 12,

My invention relates to the application of designs or patterns to surfaces and particularly to the application of designs or patterns to sheets of felt base or othermaterial in the manufacture of rugs.-

One of the limitations in the present art of making the so-called printed rug is the inability to apply design units to the surface of the rug which appear but once on the rug. that is to say. design units which are not a part of the regularly repeated pattern applied by the printing blocks. Rugs as now manufactured are covered with an ornamental design comprising a unit regularly repeated in geometrical order and applied by means of printin blocks one of which is required for each color. If the rug in cludes a border around a fiel d desion a printing block is also required for each color in the border. A number of masher blocks are also required for spreading the colors.

From both the artistic and the commercial view points it is highly desirable that the strictly geometric pattern of run be varied by the inclusion of what may be termed accidental or isolated units of design appearing but once, or if appearingmore than once in a given rug surface. being positioned at a point determined by the artistic values rather than by the mathematical values. I

It is therefore the principal object of my invention to provide a method by which these additional design units may be incorporated in the finished rug without changing the construction of the costly machines upon which the rues are now being made.

Miy invention possessesother objects and advantages. some of which with the foregoing will be set fort-h in the following description of the preferred processes and the preferred embodiment of means for practicing the same which is illustrated in the drawings accompanvino and forming a part of the specification. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made by the said description and drawings, as I may adopt variations of my preferred form within the scope of my inven tion as set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a strip of material upon which the rug design is to CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF DELA- rnoonss or APPLYING nnsrens r0 A snn'racn.

1926. Seria'l no. 108,479.

after the design has been printed and the shields stripped from the surface.

Figure 8 is a plan view of a finished rug showing the shielded portion filled in with the added unit.

Figure 4 is 'a plan view of the shield forming part of my invention. I

In practicing my invention, I cut from paper or other suitable thin material a shield 2 having the configuration of the design unit which I desire'to interpose in the design unit 3 to be applied by the regular printing blocks. After the sheet or web 4 of base material has received its base coatmg and before it is passed to the printinsr machine. I adhesively unite the shield 2 to the surface of the base sheet in the location or locations in which it is desired that the design unit shall later appear. The adhesive used may be of any suitable character which will permit the shield to be later .5 stripped from the surface of the sheet and its character is unimportant so long as it is cheap. readily applied and permits the stripping of'the shield. After the application of a shield to each of thearea selected.

the sheet is passed under the printing blocks in the usual way and printed. The pattern 3 applied bv the printing blocks now appears over the surface of the rug and also over the surface of the shield. sinc the printing is done without reference to the location of the shield. After the shield has been applied to the sheet and'before it is printed the appearance of the'sheet is like that of the left hand portion .of Figurel.

After the printing of the shield and surface of the rust, the appearance -is like that of the right hand portion of Figure 1.v

After the colors are laid the shields are stripped from their places leaving unprinted areas 6 as shown in Figure 2. These areas are now filled in with the design unit 7 identified with the shield, and this may be done either by hand or suitable printing process.

While in the drawings 1 have shown a single design unit 7 applied in the surface of a rug covered with another design unit 3 it will be understood that any number of such units 7 may be used and these may be the same or different either in configuration or color. It is also to be noted that the shield may, for practical reasons, be rectangular in shape instead of following the exact con figuration of the design. In this case the additional design unit may be of any character within the limits of the shield, and the uncovered space between such additional design and the main or body design may be filled in with the later design applied in any suitable way.

I claim:

1. The process of applying a design to the surface of a sheet, which comprises support ing the sheet in a continuous plane, placing a shield over an area on said surface, apply ing one portion or" the design upon the surface and the shield, stripping the shield from the area, and applying another portion of the design to the area thus uncovered.

2. The process of applying a design of more than one unit to a surface, which coinprises covering a selected area with a shield having the configuration of one of the design units, applying the other design unit to the surface and the shield, stripping the shield from the area, and applying the design unit identified with the shield to the shielded area.

3. The process of applying a design of more than one unit to a surface which com-' prises covering a selected area with a shield, having the configuration of one of the design units, printing the other design unit upon the surface and shield, stripping the shield from the area, and applying the design unit identified with the shield to the shielded area.

4. The step in the method of producingra separate design at any selected area in a rug to be printed with other designs which coinprises applying a shield to the surface over the selected area, prior to the printing of the other designs.

5. The process of making a rug with a separate design at any selected area in a surface otherwise covered with regularly rccurring design. groups which comprises adhesively uniting a shield to the surface over the selected area, printing the regularly recurring design groups upon the surface and the shield, stripping the shield. from the area, and applying the separate design to the shielded area.

7. A device for use in applying designs to a rug comprising a shield of thin material having the configuration of one of the de signs to be applied.

8. The process of applying a design to a surface, which comprises placing a. shield over an area on said surface, applying one portion of the design to the shield and to the surface surrounding the shield, stripping the shield from the area, and applying an: other portion of the design to the area thus uncovered.

9. The process of applying a design to a surface, which comprises placing a shield overan area on said surface, applying one portion of the design upon the shield and l the remainder of the, surface, stripping the shield from the area, and applying another portion of the design to the area thus-uncovered. i 10. new article of manufacture comprising a rug having its surface overlaid except for an arbitrarily selected area with a coating comprising part of the rug design, and the selected area overlaid with a coating comprising a different design.

11. The process of applying a design to the surface of a rug, which comprises applying a coating constituting part ofthe design to the surface of the rug except for an arbitrarily selectedareathereon, and then applying a coating constituting a separate design to said selected area.

12. The process of applying a design of more than one unit to the surface of a rug, which comprises supporting the rug in a coritinuous plane, covering a selected area ofthe rug with a shield having the configuration of one of the design units, printing the other design unit upon the surface and shield, stripping the shield from the area, and applying the design unit identified with the shield to the shielded area.

13. A new article of manufacture c0niprising a rug having an arbitrarily selected area overlaid, except for a second arbitrarily selected area, with a .coating comprising a design, and the second selected area overlaid with a coating comprising a different design. i In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LELAND S. ROSENER. 

